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That's fine as long as the ones deciding on the balance have to take a large share of the risk of injury. Be the first to work in the same conditions you expose

• dredmorbius 9y ago
  Your rhetoric doesn't match the world. Part of society involves distributing decisionmaking and risks. And no, not always equally. I don't find the argument that those most adept at accurately and fairly assessing risks are necessarily those who can accomplish the tasks involved. To put this in a different field: I'd not expect my airline pilot to be the best qualified accident investigator, nor systems engineer, nor aircraft fabricator. And I as passenger bear the consequence of their combined work. Reality bekons, if you care to heed its call.
  • philipov 9y ago
    'No taxation without representation' is not based on the presumption that those being taxed are the best at determining the value of taxation, or even of electing their own representatives. Those who do not bear the cost of their own decisions are a priori unqualified to make those decisions as they are subject to adverse incentives.
    • jychang 9y ago
      Well, yeah. They can opt to not pay the "risk tax", by simply not going down that career path. Not every construction job is rebuilding a high risk dam spillway. Not every aerospace engineer job involves stepping into a 100% oxygen flammable Apollo rocket chamber. The understanding is that 1. society should be allowed to consider increased risk, and 2. in the event something bad happens, the victims should be compensated.